Answers RMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 2The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 4: Monologues

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 4: Monologues Answers

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Which steps are part of the process of citing supporting details? Select four options.finding repeated ideas, words, and phrasesdetermining the central idea you want to supportwriting a summary of the complete textlooking for facts and examples that support your purposeconsidering all the evidence to ensure your response is completeincluding only the minor details to be certain nothing is missed

finding repeated ideas, words, and phrases

determining the central idea you want to support

writing a summary of the complete text

looking for facts and examples that support your purpose

considering all the evidence to ensure your response is complete

including only the minor details to be certain nothing is missed

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Which quotations support the central idea that if Antony were to be killed, he would be honored to die now, after Caesar? Select three options.

“O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low? / Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?”

“I know not, gentlemen, what you intend— / Who else must be let blood, who else is rank.”

“If I myself, there is no hour so fit / As Caesar’s death hour, nor no instrument / Of half that worth as those your swords”

“Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.”

“No place will please me so, no mean of death, / As here by Caesar, and by you cut off”

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. Be patient till the last.Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for mycause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe mefor mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, thatyou may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, andawake your senses, that you may the better judge.If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend ofCaesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caesarwas no less than his. If then that friend demandwhy Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:not that I loved Caesar less, but that I lovedRome more.ANTONY. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend meyour ears.I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interrèd with their bones.So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious.If it were so, it was a grievous fault,And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—For Brutus is an honourable man,So are they all, all honourable men—Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me.

Both Brutus and Antony explain that they are there to discuss why Caesar’s death is the best thing for all of Rome.

Brutus explains that he wants to talk about the consipirators’ faults, while Antony says that he wants to talk about Caesar’s faults.

Both Brutus and Antony say that they feel compelled to speak about Caesar because they both loved him dearly and regret that he is dead.

Brutus announces that he wants to explain that he killed Caesar because he loved Rome, while Antony says that he has come to bury Caesar.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 3, of Julius Caesar.CINNA THE POET. Directly, I am going to Caesar’s funeral.FIRST PLEBEIAN. As a friend or an enemy?CINNA THE POET. As a friend.SECOND PLEBEIAN. That matter is answered directly.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. For your dwelling—briefly.CINNA THE POET. Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol.THIRD PLEBEIAN. Your name, sir, truly.CINNA THE POET. Truly, my name is Cinna.FIRST PLEBEIAN. Tear him to pieces! He’s a conspirator.CINNA THE POET. I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.CINNA THE POET. I am not Cinna the conspirator.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. It is no matter, his name’s Cinna. Pluck but hisname out of his heart, and turn him going.THIRD PLEBEIAN. Tear him, tear him! Come, brands ho! Firebrands!To Brutus’, to Cassius’! Burn all! Some to Decius’house, and some to Casca’s; some to Ligarius’. Away, go![Exeunt]

Cinna the poet is attempting to flee Rome because of his role in Caesar’s assassination, but is caught by the plebeians.

The plebeians mistake Cinna the poet for Cinna the conspirator, and while they learn his true identity, they decide to tear him to pieces anyway before going after Caesar’s killers.

Cinna the conspirator wants to attend Caesar’s funeral and disguises himself as Cinna the poet, but the plebeians discover him and escort him to the funeral.

The plebeians are roaming the streets to round up friends of Caesar to bring them to the funeral to support Brutus and Cassius.

Read the two excerpts from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.[BRUTUS.] If then that friend demandwhy Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:not that I loved Caesar less, but that I lovedRome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, anddie all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to liveall free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him.As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he wasvaliant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, Islew him. There is tears for his love, joy for hisfortune, honour for his valour, and death for hisambition. Who is here so base that would be abondman?[ANTONY.] Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And sure he is an honourable man.

Both Brutus and Antony ask rhetorical questions to make points.

Brutus describes Caesar’s generosity and compassion, while Antony describes his heartless nature.

Both Brutus and Antony describe Caesar’s weakness in battle.

Neither Brutus or Antony addresses the crowd directly.

What are the central ideas in a play?

the most compelling monologues by key characters

long speeches that reveal the purpose of a play

the most important points an author wants to convey

texts written in your own words with key details

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.[CAESAR.] So in the world: 'tis furnished well with men,And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive;Yet in the number I do know but oneThat unassailable holds on his rank,Unshaked of motion; and that I am heLet me a little show it even in this—That I was constant Cimber should be banished,And constant do remain to keep him so.

Caesar says that he will eventually release Cimber from exile because “men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive,” and he thinks that all men deserve forgiveness.

Caesar explains that we are all flesh and blood and also apprehensive. He does not know any man who cannot be moved by reason, except possibly one.

Caesar refuses to reverse Cimber’s banishment. He says that, although the world is full of reasonable men, he is the only one who stands firm, and he will stick by his sentence to prove it.

Caesar explains that the world is full of men who are flesh and blood. They are capable of letting reason change their minds, and occasionally he is one of them who does change his mind. Because Cimber made a good argument, he will reverse his decision.

What is the purpose of a monologue?

to quickly share a speaker’s thoughts without other characters hearing

to disclose a speaker’s thoughts quietly to the audience

to express a speaker’s innermost thoughts only to themselves without other characters engaging or responding to their words

to reveal their thoughts and emotions to the audience and characters through a moving speech that builds to a climax

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